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Table 1 EU member states in which hepatitis C tests are offered by any harm reduction service in the country and type of harm reduction services they offer (N = 30)

From: Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey

Hepatitis C tests are offered by any harm-reduction service in the country

Type of harm reduction services

Needle and syringe programmes

Opioid substitution therapy

Mental health services required to obtain opioid substitution therapy programmes

Other

Do not know

Austria

Yes

     

Belgium

Yes

*

*

*

  

Bulgaria

Yes

x

  

Not specified

 

Croatia

No

     

Cyprus

No

     

Czech Republic

Yes

*

*

*

  

Denmark

Yes

     

Estonia

Yes

     

Finland

Yes

     

France

Yes

     

Germany

Yes

     

Greece

Yes

     

Hungary

Yes

x

x

   

Italy

Yes

x

x

   

Ireland

Yes

     

Latvia

Yes

     

Lithuania

No

     

Luxembourg

Yes

x

x

   

Netherlands

Yes

     

Malta

Yes

     

Poland

No

     

Portugal

Yes

     

Romania

Yes

     

Slovakia

No

     

Slovenia

Do not know

     

Spain (Barcelona)

Yes

     

Spain (Bilbao)

Do not know

     

Sweden

Yes

     

UK (London)

Yes

     

UK (Glasgow)

Yes

     

Yes = 23

No = 5

Do not know = 2

n = 4/28

n = 3/28

n = 3/28

n = 1

n = 0

  1. x: the respondent states that harm reduction services provide the HCV service in his/her country
  2. *Answers from respondents differed, indicating that barriers may be dependent on the organization and differ within the country